Reborn Hong Kong Wild Age

Chapter 39
There are three ways to distribute movies in Hong Kong. One is to "sell film flowers", that is, to pre-sell the copyright of the film;

The vast majority of distribution methods are shown in theaters.Before the 90s, most of the income of Hong Kong films came from overseas, and overseas box office income accounted for at least half of the production cost, and at most accounted for more than 80%.

Whether a Hong Kong film makes money or not mainly determines whether the Hong Kong local film market is a hit, and the success of the local market can affect the overseas market.

The films of large companies sign four major schedules with theaters every year (Spring Festival, Easter, summer vacation, and Christmas), and 1% of their box office revenue in the first week is distributed to the film studios and 60% to the theaters.

每天5场，拷贝及宣传费(字幕、送审)由片方负担。下午4：00场和午夜场5：5分帐。

如果继续上映第2周5：5，第3周片方4，院方6。

For other independent companies and films below mid-range, in the first case, the film studio gets 4%, and the theater side gets 60%. There are 5 shows per day.

另外还有一种比例就是第1、2周5：5，第3周以后片方4，院方6。

In short, there are two principles, one is the films of big companies.The film side gets more. Second, as time goes by, the film side gets less and less, and the hospital gets more and more.

If a film’s box office revenue is 1000 million yuan, 50% goes to the cinema, 10% goes to distribution, 10% is for promotional fees and copying fees, and 30% is left for the film owner. The film owner will receive about 300 million yuan.

Therefore, if Hong Kong films want to return their costs, they must rely on overseas markets and post-film income.

Some films belong to second-class products, and theaters do not allow screenings, and theaters require film producers to pay tens of thousands of yuan a day as a base fee.Because the daily cost of theaters is about tens of thousands of yuan.In order to be able to sell the copyright of the later film, the film studio had no choice but to pay tens of thousands of yuan per day to show it in theaters. However, in this case, it is usually only shown in one theater for no more than three days.

If the film is handed over to the distribution company for distribution, the theater will charge the film party a handling fee of 10% of the box office revenue.

The publicity fee shall be borne by the film producer or deducted from the box office income first.

In addition, about 10% of the entertainment tax needs to be deducted from the movie box office in Hong Kong.This fee should have been paid by the theaters, but they passed it on to the producers through various means.

People under the eaves had to bow their heads.Therefore, many production companies will not be able to survive if they rely solely on the local box office market in Hong Kong.

Selling all copyrights in Southeast Asia and videotapes... is the way out for many small-budget film companies.

Pan Disheng is very satisfied with "If There Is Love" defeating New Arts City and Golden Harvest's films of the same period at this time, so the share of the accounts is also very straightforward.

After deducting the entertainment tax of more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars, nearly 600 million box office dividends were directly transferred to Tianxiayi's company account.

In addition, for the overseas distribution of "A Rumor of Love", Gu Xiayang finally chose to buy out Golden Harvest for 500 million Hong Kong dollars in addition to the Taiwan film market share that he had negotiated with Debao.

Tianxiayi Film Company is not a subsidiary of Debao, and Gu Xiayang also hopes to make friends with major theaters, after all, many friends have many paths.

Ju Jueliang negotiated with Golden Harvest many times, buying out the Southeast Asian market for 500 million yuan, and Golden Harvest gave another 100 million yuan for the distribution rights of the audio tape.

After deducting the total investment of about 300 million yuan in production and publicity, "A Love in the Sky" brought Gu Xiayang about 1000 million yuan in revenue, and that's not counting the next Taiwan box office share.

The income of up to tens of millions is astounding, and it also made Tianxiayi Film Company a hit in the industry.

On November 11th, Tianxiayi Film Company held a celebration party for "If There Is Love" at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in West Kowloon. In addition to the main creators, Pan Disheng, the boss of Debao Film Company, brought Yang Ziqiong to join him as usual, This time Hong Jinbao and Cen Jianxun also came together.

Zhang Guorong, Anita Mui, Li Xiaotian and other personal friends in the circle were also invited to attend.

"Young Master Gu, congratulations!"

"Boss Gu is young and promising, and he has raked in tens of millions of dollars for a movie. I think he will be one of the few billionaires in Hong Kong soon."

"Boss, your magazine is running well, and your movies are even better. I admire you so much."

"Brother Yang, Jiahui and I never dreamed that we could have close contact with so many big stars at the same time!"

It's funny to say that Zhang Guorong and Anita Mui, out of fun, accompanied Gu Xiayang to welcome guests in the hotel lobby, and many people were flattered. These two are now very lucky, and they will become superstars in the music industry in a few days.

"Debao is really lucky. I heard that this movie originally wanted Golden Harvest, but unfortunately Golden Harvest didn't like it. Some time ago, it was reported that Zou Daheng scolded the person in charge of the theater, saying that he has no vision."

"This Young Master Gu is really amazing. His magazine is making a lot of money every day, and when he came out to make a movie, he collected 1000 million casually. It really is like a dragon begets a dragon begets a phoenix!"

"Pan Desheng came to the premiere reception and this time, and it is clear that the horses and horses are going to hold him back. This is a golden bump."

"Maybe the Chinese University of Hong Kong will invite him to give a speech at the school, and now he is recognized as a talented person in Hong Kong."

"It was said at the time that he was a wealthy dude, a prodigal son. If I could give birth to such a dude, I would wake up laughing from my dreams."

Inside the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, there was laughter and laughter, and countless spotlights flickered, and the reporters also took the opportunity to interview artists one by one.

"Of course I want to thank Young Master Gu for taking a fancy to me and giving me this opportunity to appear in "If There Is Love"..."

"It's my first time filming, and I'm so happy to be able to act in this movie. The album sold four platinum, of course he has a lot of credit!"

As the most popular male and female protagonists, Liu Dehua and Zhou Huimin were surrounded by reporters with blushing faces.

"Du sir, I keep my word. The movie is a big success, and bonuses are indispensable. Not only you, but also everyone in the crew."

As he spoke, Gu Xiayang took out two red seees and handed them to Du Qifeng and Chen Musheng, each 8 yuan.The other staff members also have their own laissez-faire.

In addition, Gu Xiayang gave Liu Dehua and Zhou Huimin a bonus of 5 yuan, which is not inappropriate.

"In addition, we can start preparing for new movies. We plan to release two new movies this year. If you have a good book, you can pass it to me."

Gu Xiayang's ambition is not just to be a production company that can make box-office movies. Only by becoming a big company can it occupy more revenue, and it is not a bad idea to even win a theater chain.

To become bigger and stronger, we need money, more and more money.

Like "Golden Princess", last year the number of joint screening theaters was as high as 35, and the total revenue of the released film was 24990 million Hong Kong dollars, an increase of 47% compared with the previous one.

"New Art City" has also grown rapidly, and its annual output has increased from 2 at the beginning of its establishment to 10. This is the benefit of being backed by theaters.

On the other hand, after Pan Disheng became a shareholder, Debao first accepted Shaw Brothers' dozen or so theaters in Hong Kong. This time, it rented all four of its leading theaters at an annual price of nearly 4000 million Hong Kong dollars, and then joined forces with 8 theaters. The theater made syndicated screenings and began to devote itself to the production industry.

Moreover, the creative department and Yineng Entertainment Investment Co., Ltd. were established, and they actively sought out independent production companies in two ways, the "partial system" and the "contract monthly salary system", and introduced several independent production companies to act as Debao's satellite companies.

In this regard, Pan Disheng also talked to Gu Xiayang specifically, hoping to cooperate with Tianxiayi with the "part system", but Gu Xiayang declined.

The current Tianxiayi is not big, and the investment is not tight, and Gu Xiayang is not planning to make a big card company for the time being.On the other hand, he knows that the Hong Kong film market will flourish in the future, and everyone will cooperate in multiple ways.

Last year, Xu Ke planned to switch to Golden Harvest. Feng Bingzhong, one of the bosses behind the Golden Harvest, came forward to persuade him to stay and organized a film studio for him. The fundamental reason was that Mecca didn’t nod, which led to him not directing for New Art City for two years. He wanted to attract investment. Neither is easy.

As the focal point, Gu Xiayang was stopped by people to chat with him wherever he went, but some wireless TVB artists could only secretly point out and communicate in the corner.

For them, the current Gu Xiayang is already considered a big shot in the industry.

"Ayang, come here."

Hong Jinbao, who was holding a wine glass, took advantage of the gap and pulled Gu Xiayang aside: "It's done! Zou Daheng agrees to borrow someone, just say hello in advance when the time comes."

"Okay! By the way, is Ms. Guan's artiste dating at Golden Harvest?"

"No."

Hong Jinbao shook his head and said, "But she has signed several film contracts, so it's useless for you to sign an artist contract?"

At this time, the Hong Kong film industry has not been particularly stuck in making appointments with artists. Like wireless tvb, it has caused complaints because it does not let people go.

But filming is different, not to the extent of Cheng Long and the others. Normally, when other companies approach you to make a film, major film companies can sell you a film appointment.

If you look at the Shaw Brothers, Ms. Fang bought Wang Zuxian. Of course, to make money, they would let people go to the Golden Princess to film.But Jiahe is out of the question, a lifelong rival.

Like many supporting roles, they are not qualified to sign any artist contracts, and it would be good to have live picks.

The film market is currently like this. The artist Yoka is immortal and has to borrow people for various reasons. However, the situation will gradually change with the rise of brokerage companies in the past two years.

For example, when Cheng Long's Weihe invested in "Rouge Button", Anita Mui negotiated with the producer based on her own film contract in exchange for Zhang Guorong's cooperation.

Most of the artists at this time did not pay much attention to the brokerage company. On the one hand, they were afraid of being cheated, and on the other hand, they did not want to share the money.

"I plan to open a brokerage company and sign more artists to decorate the appearance!"

"I don't know about your sloppy intestines?"

Hong Jinbao looked at Zhou Huimin jokingly: "Aren't you afraid that your little girlfriend will be jealous?"

"...They are all good friends. And she focuses on the music scene, filming is too hard."

Gu Xiayang smiled and said, "Brother Sanmao will lend me an excellent martial arts instructor at that time!"

Hong Jinbao asked: "You want to make an action movie? How about me? I will personally be your martial arts instructor!"

"I'm really looking forward to your coming, but your film appointments are almost full, and you will be free during the Spring Festival? Anyway, introduce me to a master from the Hong family class."

"Ok!"

Hong Jinbao clinked glasses with Gu Xiayang with a smile on his face, and said, "It seems that during the Spring Festival, we will meet. But whether Debao will give you a good schedule depends on Mr. Pan."

(End of this chapter)